Sookie is drafted to be the maid of honor at Portia and Andy’s double wedding and there she meets a strange Vampire named Johnathon and spied an incredible looking man who is definitely not human.Amelia Broadway, a displaced Katrina survivor and a witch is living with Sookie and her pet boyfriend, Bob the Cat. Amelia’s dad is the powerful and wealthy contractor named Copley Carmichael and he pays Sookie and Amelia a visit to suss the situation. He thinks Sookie is just a tad lower class for his daughter. He knew Hadley and drops the revelation that Hadley had been married and she had a child.

Sookie then gets a call from Eric who sets her up with a visit with a strange man named Naill Brigant who turns out to be her great great grandfather who happens to be a fairy prince. He explained that his son, Fintan had met and desired Adele Stackhouse who wanted to have children but could not have children with her husband, but was assured by Fintan that he could make her pregnant. So she has at least a couple of trysts with Fintan resulting in her two children. This makes Sookie and Claudine cousins. She asks Niall if he can take the telepathy away and he says he can’t, but he offers to do her any other favor. Sookie takes a raincheck.

Eric is waiting for her when she leaves and he is dazed by the strong scent of fairy, telling her that when she smells like that he wants to “bite her, fuck her, and rub myself all over you,” He then tells her what he knows about fairies, that they are intoxicating, magikal and endowed with different gifts and that they don’t breed well and are often at war.

On the way home, Eric is pulled over by someone who they think is a cop but is actually a were. Eric is shot protecting Sookie and he kills the werewolf. Sookie gets home and discovers Alcide has called her.The next morning there is a knock at the door and it is Amelia’s witch mentor, Octavia Fant. While Octavia and Amelia chat, Sookie reads about the death of Maria Star Cooper, who is Alcide’s girlfriend. She was murdered and he asks if Amelia could do an ectoplasmic recreation to find out who killed her.

Octavia and Amelia do it and they discover it was Cal Meyers, the right hand man of Shreveport packmaster Patrick Furnan.

Later, Pam comes into Merlotte’s ostensibly to have a date with Sookie’s roommate Amelia. When Sookie gets ready to go home, Tray Dawson, a were and friend of Sookie’s follows her home and checks out her house and tells her Alcide found another female were dead.

The next day, an attempt on Sookie’s life is made when she is at the library and Sookie decides to take things into her own hands and she calls Patrick Furnan to confront him. Patrick tells her that he is not trying to kill her or anyone that his own wife is missing. He asks Sookie to intervene and set up a parlay with Alcide and Sookie act like a human lie detector.

Sookie attends the meeting with Sam and she discovers that Patrick is telling the truth and he had nothing to do with the murders and Alcide had nothing to do with the kidnapping of Patrick’s wife. They also discover there is another pack who has a female leader and they were displaced by Katrina and decided that they would take over the Shreveport pack. They killed Maria Star and the other weres and kidnapped Patrick’s wife. Their connection in Cal Meyers who is the brother of the female pack leader.

A battle ensues and Sam turns into a lion to protect Sookie and Claudine appears as well. After the battle, Sookie is okay and she is taken care of by Pam and Amelia.

The next evening she chats with Eric who tells her the queen is not doing very well and the healing process is very painful. As a result the other sheriffs are having to take up the slack and this leaves them in an even weaker position. He also says he suspects the new Vampire is actually a forward spy for another kingdom looking to take over.

No sooner does she learn these things, does Bill appear in her house. He tells her something is going on, that the other sheriffs are incommunicado.

Suddenly a woman appears and it is Frannie, Quinn’s sister. She tells Sookie that Quinn has been held by the king of Nevada and he is coming here to take over Louisiana. Eric appears at her door, obviously from sort of battle and announces that Fangtasia is under attack but holding their own.

The fun never stops at Sookie’s house as the next person to come to her door is Vampire Victor Madden, who is the representative of the king of Nevada. He has been sent to negotiate the terms of peace and he asks for admission into Sookie’s house. She allows him to come in and sees Quinn as a tiger with them. Victor informs him that he is surrounded and that he will burn Fangtasia and kill his minions unless they surrender to the new authority. About that time, Quinn breaks down Sookie’s front door. Sookie tries to call her Great Grandfather and Eric stops her.

Eric and Bill both warn Victor that if anything happens to Sookie revenge will be taken. Bill even swears to die for Sookie and Eric tells him that if he hurts Sookie, forces he could never imagine would be set in motion. In the end, the Louisiana Vampires swear loyalty to the Nevada Vampires. Eric retreats to Sookie’s room where he tells her that he remembers everything about their time together and how happy he was when he was with her.

The next morning, Sookie breaks up with Quinn because he has too many family issues…

The Vampires and humans they do business with are up in the air and Amelia’s dad is anxious to make a connection with the new regime. Sookie, having discovered a little problem with Tanya Grissom, who is creating problems with Jason and Crystal and is there at the behest of Debbie’s sister exchanges a sit down with the new king’s rep to Amelia for her help in getting rid of Tanya, or at least stop her from being in her life.

Quinn’s mom and sister come to see Sookie, upset she broke up with Quinn. Claude and Claudine come and see Sookie about her involvement in the Vampire take over. Sam reveals the shifters and weres may be getting ready to come out in the open soon.

Octavia and Amelia figure out a way to get Tanya to leave her alone. Since she is dating Calvin Norris, Sookie approaches him and tells him her problem and he promises to bring her to Sookie’s. Octavia and Amelia get her to confess and they break the spell over her and let her go.

Bill visits Sookie and tells her that Selah and he are broken up, that she never really cared about him that much, that she liked the Vampire in him and not the man. Then he says he loves her.

The next day, Jason comes into Merlotte’s and asks Sookie to check on Crystal. Sookie does and discovers Crystal in bed with another man. When she is leaving, Calvin comes in and she waits for him and he tells her he will call her to let her know when the ceremony will be, since they both stood up for Jason and Crystal. The next night, Sookie has to break Calvin’s hand with a brick.

Out of desperation to help Sookie get out of her sadness, Sam calls Eric to talk to her. It doesn’t work but when she leaves a little later to go home, Eric is waiting for her. He talks to her a little about the new people and that he does not like being managed. Suddenly the King of Nevada appears and Sookie makes his acquaintance and leaves but she has a nagging feeling of despair and anger keeps coming to her so she goes back to find that the king, Eric and Sam have been ambushed by Queen Sophie Anne’s bodyguard Sigebert. Sookie runs over Sigebert and helps free Sam, Eric and the king and Eric kills Sigebert. And the king pledges his indebtedness to Sookie.

The next day, Sookie and Amelia and Octavia settle in with Octavia moving in with Sookie. Octavia finally takes pity on Bob the Cat and changes him back to a human and Octavia confesses that she could have changed him back sooner but she wanted to be useful. Bob returns to his family.

Eric and Pam go to visit Sookie and tells her the King has personally pledged his protection to her. All she need do is call and the Vampires of his realm are behooved to defend her to the death.

Sookie’s great grandfather Niall comes to see her. Sookie finally gives him a request. She wants the address of Remy Savoy and he sends it to her. Sookie goes to see him and discovers that Hunter is a telepath too.

Sources: The Sookie Stackhouse Novels and Raki

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2005. While working at the Bellefleur doublewedding with Sam, Sookie is surprised when she is asked by a tearful Halleigh tobe a fill-in bridesmaid after one of the original bridesmaids has an appendicitisattack. Sookie participates in the ceremony and requisite pictures, then changesback into her work clothes to tend bar. Portia’s new husband, Glen, has invitedseveral of his vampire clients and honors them with a bottle of Royalty Blended, apremium mixture of real and synthetic blood, so that they can toast the happynewlyweds. Jonathan, a Nevada vampire, introduces himself as he gets anotherdrink at the bar, and Sookie is a little concerned at his interest in her. She notices atall, slim man observing the proceedings from a distance, a man whom thevampires all acknowledge with nods of respect.

Jonathan startles her as she is getting into her car and claims to have spoken toPam about her, but Sookie knows he is lying. As they speak, she again sees theslender stranger watching them.

Sookie returns home and recounts her extraordinary evening to her roommate,Amelia. Amelia has her own news. Her father, Copley Carmichael, a wealthybuilding contractor from New Orleans, is visiting the next evening.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9. Sookie attends church in the morning, stopping at thegrocery store before heading home to help Amelia, who has been on a cleaningspree. Her father arrives. He is a clear broadcaster like Amelia. Since Sookie has notrouble picking thoughts out of his head, she is able to control her reaction whenCopley deliberately brings up Sookie’s cousin Hadley. He tells Sookie that heknows Hadley’s ex-husband and child. Copley also tells Amelia that a womannamed Octavia Fant has called his house, looking for her. After he leaves, Ameliareveals to Sookie that Octavia is her mentor and the head of her coven. Octavia isthe reason she left New Orleans after her magical mishap with Bob, convincedthere would be a terrible punishment for turning her lover into a cat. Resigned,Amelia knows that she will soon have to deal with Octavia. She also confesses thatEric called the previous evening but that she had forgotten to tell Sookie. Anxiousto ask him about the strange incident with Jonathan, Sookie calls Eric at Fangtasia.To her surprise, Eric invites her out to dinner and informs her that he will beintroducing her to someone who has asked to meet her. Intrigued, she agrees to goto dinner with him in Shreveport the next evening.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 10. When Sookie and Eric arrive at Les Deux Poissonsrestaurant, she discovers that the man she is to meet is the beautiful stranger shesaw at the wedding. He shows her his ears, and she realizes he is a member of thefae. Eric introduces the man as Niall Brigant, then leaves after reassuring Sookiethat he will be nearby if she needs him. To her astonishment, Niall tells her he is hergreat-grandfather. As the evening progresses, Sookie learns the story of hergrandmother Adele’s involvement with Niall’s son Fintan, who is revealed as hertrue grandfather. She shares part of her own life. By the time they part, she ispleased, albeit disconcerted, to have found a loving new member of her family. Ericand Sookie are speeding back toward Bon Temps when they are pulled over by apolice car. As the officer approaches, Sookie realizes something is wrong and thatthe man is a Were just as he reaches the open window with gun drawn. When hetries to shoot Sookie, Eric takes the bullet but is still able to disarm the Were bybreaking his arm. As a bleeding Eric gets caught in bloodlust and begins to pull theassassin in through the window, Sookie gets out of the suddenly crowded Corvetteand checks the attacker’s car to see if she can discover who sent him and why.Eric’s car is empty when she returns, but Eric appears beside her and kisses her,still caught up in the lust of feeding. They quickly get back on the road, and Sookiedoesn’t question what Eric has done with the body. When she arrives home,Amelia tells her that Alcide called.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11. Octavia Fant appears on Sookie’s doorstep,informing Sookie that she is there to see Amelia. Sookie leaves them to talk andgoes in to make herself some coffee and read the paper. She is shocked andsaddened to read of the death of Maria-Star Cooper, Alcide Herveaux’s girlfriend,and her grief is compounded when Alcide calls to tell her that Maria-Star wasmurdered, warning Sookie that she may be in danger herself. She tells him aboutthe attack the night before by the Were, and he immediately offers protection.However, Sookie declines. Alcide asks Sookie to tell Amanda, a member of hispack, the entire story. Amanda inquires if Amelia can do some sort of reading to tryto ascertain who was involved in Maria-Star’s death. Amelia agrees, but Octaviaquestions her decision, pointing out the previous failure that led to Bob’stransformation. Sookie challenges Octavia to turn Bob back herself, but she fails inher attempt. Amelia, Sookie, and Octavia then go to Maria-Star’s home, where theymeet up with Tray Dawson, a Bon Temps lone wolf, who is guarding theapartment. The two witches are able to perform an ectoplasmic reconstruction, andthey all witness Maria-Star’s murder by the Were Cal Myers and a half-wolf, halfmanaccomplice. Amelia and Octavia leave for home, and Sookie accompanies Trayto Amanda’s house, where Alcide is lying low. Sookie and Tray report what theyhave learned about Maria-Star’s death. The Weres involved in her murder as wellas in the attack on Sookie all work for the current packmaster, Patrick Furnan.When Alcide reacts angrily to the information that Sookie had dinner with Eric, sheloses her temper with him and storms out. Tray drives her home.Already weary from the events of the day, Sookie goes to work and isdisheartened to see members of the Fellowship of the Sun in the bar. To hersurprise, Pam comes in, followed shortly by Amelia, and the two have drinks andthen leave on a date. The Fellowship members are indignant about a vampire beingin the bar, but after they leave, Sam tells Sookie she must suck it up and treat themas she would any other customers. She knows he is right, but the admonishmentstings. She leaves quickly after closing and finds Tray waiting for her in the parkinglot. The Were tells her that he is following her home to check out her house. Oncehe makes certain the house is clear, they sit down, and he informs her that Alcidefound Christine Larrabee, the widow of a previous packmaster, dead thatafternoon. Patrick Furnan is suspected in both Christine’s and Maria-Star’s deaths.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12. Sookie visits the local library and greets thelibrarian, Barbara Beck, wife of Detective Alcee Beck, before checking out the newbook arrivals. Sookie hears a sound from Barbara and looks up to see her beingheld by a huge Were with a knife to her throat. Sookie senses Alcee coming quietlyin the back door and warns the attacker in a loud voice what Barbara’s husbandwill do to him if he hurts Barbara. Alcee is able to silently come up behind themand put his gun to the assailant’s neck, but the quick-thinking attacker pushesBarbara toward her husband and rushes, knife raised, at Sookie. She flings ahardback in his face, tripping him, and he falls to his death on his own knife.A fed-up Sookie finally decides to confront Furnan, and she calls him anddemands to know why he has ordered the attacks upon her and the murders of theWere females. An angry and frightened Furnan denies any involvement and claimsthat his own wife, Libby, has been kidnapped. Sookie convinces him to call Alcideand set up a meeting, but his one condition is that she attend as a friend of the packto read both sides for honesty.

Later that night Sookie, accompanied by a concerned Sam, travels to the sameindustrial park where the packmaster contest was held. She grasps Alcide’s andFurnan’s hands as they question each other. Just as they realize that neither of themis responsible for the attacks and murders, a voice calls from the roof of a nearbybuilding. Priscilla Hebert, the widow of a packmaster from another part of the stateand Cal Myers’s half sister, announces that she committed the murders of Maria-Star, Christine, and Libby in a plot to set Alcide and Furnan against each other sothat she could more easily take over their pack. Both Alcide and Furnan strike withsuddenly clawed hands, Furnan eviscerating Cal as Alcide takes off the back of hishead. Howling with fury, Priscilla leads her wolves in attack, and Sam and Sookiefind themselves in the middle of the warring Weres. Sam tells her he is going tochange, and a surprised Sookie turns to find that Sam has shifted into a lion. Takingdown the enemy with a swipe of his huge paws, Sam draws the attention ofPriscilla, now a wolf. Amanda, also in wolf form, attempts to distract Priscilla asshe works her way over to Sam, but Priscilla manages to break Amanda’s neck andleaps on the lion, sinking her teeth into his neck. Seeing Sam attacked, Sookielaunches herself onto Priscilla’s back and begins to strangle her. Priscilla mustrelease Sam, who then turns and kills her. When Sookie falls to the pavement,vulnerable, Claudine suddenly appears standing over her to protect her throughthe remaining battle. When the action finally ends, Priscilla and most of her wolves,as well as Furnan and Amanda, are dead, and Alcide declares himself the newpackmaster.

Claudine helps Sookie to her feet and reveals that Niall is also Claudine’sgrandfather. She urges Sookie to leave before the wolves celebrate the ascension ofAlcide, and Sam marches Sookie out to his truck.

When she gets home, Sookie finds Pam sitting in the kitchen with Amelia, andSookie knows that the vampire will report the events of the evening back to Eric.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13. Sookie works the day shift and is not pleasedwhen Tanya Grissom shows up to speak with Sam. Her fellow waitress Holly tellsher that Tanya has been living out at Hotshot with the panthers, and Sookie issurprised to find that Holly believes that the shifters will come out someday.Sookie again finds Pam at her house with Amelia when she returns home fromwork that evening and questions Pam about whether Eric has heard anything moreabout Jonathan. Pam suggests Sookie call Eric to find out, so she calls Fangtasia.During the conversation, Sookie learns to her dismay that Eric believes that thequeen’s weakened state has left Louisiana open to a hostile takeover.Uneasy and unable to sleep, Sookie is startled when Bill suddenly appears inher bedroom. He reports that Pam called him to come guard Sookie when sheherself left for Fangtasia after becoming concerned because she couldn’t reacheither Eric or Cleo Babbitt, the sheriff of Area Three. A terrified Frannie Quinnappears suddenly at the door with a warning from her brother. The vampires ofLas Vegas are on their way to take over Louisiana. As a shocked Sookie, Amelia,and Bill hear Frannie’s story and are preparing for the worst, Eric arrives with thenews that his people have gathered at Fangtasia, but he was cut off from the club.The Vegas vampires arrive in Sookie’s yard, and the king’s representative,Victor Madden, asks to enter the house to negotiate with Eric. Sookie is distressedto learn that Quinn is with the Vegas vampires, who have used his mother andsister to blackmail him into their service. Victor reports that Sophie-Anne and theother sheriffs have been killed, but they feel Eric can be useful to them if he willswear allegiance to the King of Nevada, Felipe de Castro. Sookie attempts to callNiall, but Eric prevents her from making contact. Victor finally asks Eric whetherhe intends to fight to the death or accept the takeover, informing him that Fangtasiais surrounded and that he is prepared to burn it down with the Area Five vampiresinside. Knowing that his people will die for nothing, Eric accepts the sovereignty ofthe king. Eric wanders off to have some privacy as he calls Fangtasia to tell hispeople to surrender and swear fealty to the new king. Bill comforts a shaken Sookieand then goes out to speak with the new leadership.

Sookie escapes to her bedroom only to find Eric sitting on her bed, his head inhis hands. When she sees his face, Sookie believes that the shock on it is because ofthe takeover, but he tells her he has suddenly remembered everything thathappened between them during the time he spent with her when he had amnesia.Overwhelmed by the events of the evening, Sookie tells him they will talk about itanother time. Eric agrees but warns there will one day be a reckoning betweenthem.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14. Sookie wakes to find Quinn sitting in her bedroom.Realizing she can never be first in his life because of the needs of his mother andsister, Sookie breaks off their relationship and sends the man she had hoped to loveaway. She gathers herself and goes to work, buying Crystal lunch when herpregnant sister-in-law comes in with Jason, who is fed up with his wife’sspendthrift ways and now refuses to give her any money. Sookie and Sam laterread in the newspaper about several people missing in Shreveport who actuallyperished in the Were war. Sookie then sees the obituary of Sophie-Anne Leclerq,which lists the cause of death as Sino-AIDS, but Sookie knows the weakened queenwas assassinated by order of Felipe de Castro. Sookie arrives home after work toface even more unwelcome visitors: Frannie Quinn and her mother. Frannie isfurious with Sookie for her treatment of Quinn, and although Mrs. Quinn isgenerally confused, she identifies Sookie as the woman her son loved.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15. Copley Carmichael stops by Sookie’s house to askher to arrange an introduction to members of the new vampire leadership so thathe can do business with them. She reluctantly agrees to call Fangtasia to see whatshe can find out. Sookie leaves the house to run errands—and get away fromCopley as he visits with his daughter—and comes across Arlene and Tanya havinga conversation in Tanya’s car in the Sonic parking lot. Sookie deliberately tries totune them in, first picking up Arlene’s thoughts about her new boyfriend’sconviction that the world should be free of vampires. She zeros in on Tanya,discovering that she is still in the pay of Sandra Pelt, who continues to bedetermined to make Sookie’s life miserable. Sookie decides to consult Amelia andconfesses the entire story of Debbie Pelt’s death. They decide to bring in Octavia totry to find a long-term fix without hurting Tanya.

Sookie remembers her promise to Copley, and right before she goes into workshe calls Fangtasia to ask Eric whom Copley should contact. During theconversation Eric tells her more of his memories of their time together. Claudineand Claude come into Merlotte’s to bring greetings from Niall, who is concernedabout his great-granddaughter. Copley has obviously jumped on the opportunityto ingratiate himself with the new vampires and arrives for a meeting with SandySechrest, Felipe de Castro’s area rep.

Sam and Sookie talk a bit after closing, and he tells her about his family,inviting her to his brother’s upcoming wedding. As they leave the bar, they comeacross Niall standing in the moonlight, and Sookie introduces him to Sam. Niall isworried that Sookie has been in danger the previous two nights and is not at allhappy that she was prevented from calling him for protection during the takeover.He expresses his love for his great-granddaughter and his desire to do somethingfor her, but Sookie tells him she just wants him in her life. After he leaves, she tellsSam that she wants to love Niall but finds him a little frightening.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16. Sookie awakens to find Octavia and Amelia in thekitchen discussing how to deal with Tanya. Much to Sookie’s surprise, she realizesthat Amelia has already invited Octavia to move in, based on a casual offer ofSookie’s. The two witches have Sookie ask Calvin Norris, who is currently seeingTanya, to stop by at lunchtime. The leader of the Hotshot werepanthersimmediately knows to whom Sookie is referring when she tells him that they havea problem. When Sookie tells Calvin the whole story of her involvement with thePelts, he promises to bring Tanya there that night for the witches to work on if theypromise that Tanya won’t be harmed. Bob the cat strolls in, and Calvin recognizesstraightaway that Amelia’s magic doesn’t always work.

True to his word, Calvin arrives shortly after seven that evening with Tanyacarefully trussed up and slung over his shoulder. After the struggling youngwoman inhales smoke from a potion lit in a bowl, she is placed on a chairsurrounded by chalk drawings, and Octavia begins to chant, pulling Tanya outfrom under Sandra’s sway. When the spell is over, Tanya doesn’t remember whyshe has been causing the mischief she has and is rid of Sandra’s influence. Arelieved Calvin takes Tanya back to Hotshot.

Sookie takes a break outside while the witches clean up. She sits in a lawn chairout in the chill night air. Bill soon steps from the woods and sits with her. After afew moments of silence, Bill tells Sookie that Selah Pumphrey has moved to LittleRock to work for a firm that specializes in vampire properties and that he alwaysknew that Selah was more interested in him as a vampire than as a man. Aftertelling Sookie that there have been many like Selah, he informs Sookie that there isonly one her and leaves.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 17. After the turmoil of the previous week, Sookieenjoys a quiet and peaceful day off.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18. Sookie works the day shift, serving lunch to Jasonand several of his co-workers. Jason tells her that he needs to ride over to Clarice topick up some fencing after work and asks her to check on Crystal after her shift.Sookie stops by his house, calling out to Crystal as she opens the front door. Shehears a muffled moan and, worried that Crystal is miscarrying again, rushes intothe bedroom, only to find her pregnant sister-in-law having sex with one of Jason’sco-workers. As Sookie marches out of the house, furious and disgusted, Calvinpulls up, having also been asked by Jason to check in on Crystal. Jason knew thatboth Calvin and Sookie would catch his wife being unfaithful. Calvin sharesSookie’s anger and disgust, informing her that they will need to have the ceremonyto punish Crystal. Sookie remembers that at the couple’s wedding, she agreed tostand in for Jason just as Calvin agreed to stand in for Crystal under certaincircumstances. Calvin calls Sookie later that evening to tell her to come to Hotshotthe following night.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19. Sookie drives out to Hotshot alone after work,determined to face whatever may come. As Calvin stood for Crystal at herwedding, promising to take the punishment for her actions should she violate thecovenant and be unable to face the penalty herself, Jason declares that Sookie willadminister the punishment to Calvin in his stead as well. The sentence for thebreaking of the wedding vows is the breaking of the symbolic panther claw, andSookie is forced to break Calvin’s fingers with a brick.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20–FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21. Sookie struggles with heractions as she tries to go about her life. She knows that she was only following thelaws of Hotshot, but she feels guilty for hurting a man she respects and considers afriend. Unwilling to even speak to Jason, she turns her back on him when he comesinto the bar. She hears through the grapevine that Calvin has passed his injury offas the result of an accident that occurred while he was working on his truck.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22. Sam finally calls Eric in to speak to Sookie, hopingto find out what is wrong. She is angered by Eric’s lack of compassion and stompsout of Sam’s office, but she eventually manages to shake her black mood. When sheleaves work, she finds Eric waiting for her in the parking lot. She asks him aboutthe visiting Nevada king, Felipe de Castro, and they are both startled when Castrosuddenly appears to talk with Eric. After introducing herself to the dramatic Kingof Nevada, Louisiana, and Arkansas, Sookie gets in her car to go home, but she hasto pull over when she suffers a panic attack caused by her worry over Eric. Sheheads back to Merlotte’s, parking in the front lot and sneaking around to the back,uncertain of what she will find. To her shock, she sees that Sigebert, Sophie-Anne’sloyal bodyguard, didn’t die with his queen and has come seeking vengeance. BothEric and Felipe are bound with silver chains, obviously having already suffered atSigebert’s hands. Sam, an innocent bystander, is tied to the bumper of his owntruck. Sookie decides that her best weapon is her car, and she creeps back to it,trying to figure out the best way to charge Sigebert without hitting anyone else.Pulling around to the back, she accelerates and is able to hit him from the front andthen back over him. She jumps from the car to free Eric but is unable to unwrap thechains. She frees Sam first so he can help. The moment Eric is able he leaps onSigebert and decapitates him, sending him to join his beloved maker. Felipeproclaims himself in Sookie’s debt, but he and Eric both wonder how it is Sigebertsurvived the takeover. Sam takes Sookie home, questioning her about whether theprice she has paid to know more about the supernatural world has been worth it.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23. Having been contacted by Felipe, Tray Dawson hasrepaired Sookie’s car and returns it to her in the morning before she is due for hershift at Merlotte’s. The big Were asks her to put in a good word for him withAmelia.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 24. Running errands in town, Sookie sees Alcide, whothanks her for her help. When she returns home, Amelia and Octavia are workingin the yard, and as they talk, Bob strolls over. Octavia proves her power by turningBob back into his human form, later admitting that she faked her initial failure sothat Amelia and Sookie would need her. Bob’s initial anger turns to devastation ashe learns about Hurricane Katrina.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25. Sookie takes Bob to Wal-Mart to buy clothing andshoes, and she fixes an early supper of his favorite foods for them all before leavingfor work. She says good-bye to Bob, knowing he will be gone by the time she comeshome. He is heading back to New Orleans to find his family. Sookie contemplatesgetting a real cat on her way to work.

Alcide stops by Merlotte’s to thank both Sam and Sookie for their help in theWere war, and Eric and Pam soon arrive to announce that Felipe has given themleave to offer Sookie their formal protection. Sam, Sookie, and Arlene decorate thebar for Halloween after closing.

Sookie finds Niall waiting for her on her front porch when she gets home, andhe again asks if he can do any favor for her. After a bit of thought, she asks if he canfind a man named Remy Savoy. He leaves, happy to have some way to please hisnew great-granddaughter.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26. Sookie wakes to find a magical message with anaddress. Sookie drives out to Red Ditch to introduce herself to Hadley’s formerhusband, Remy, and his four-year-old son, Hunter. She finds that the child sharesher telepathic gift. When she leaves, she promises his father that she will be there tohelp the boy when the time comes.